Meanings
comparative more unrhythmical · superlative most unrhythmical
- Not rhythmical.
The Ukranian folk-song is composed of two types, the unrhythmical fluid recitative, which is supposed to be the older type, and the rhythmical tunes for dancing.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 184
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
- Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
- Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
- Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
- Englishrhythmic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishrhythmical
- Englishunrhythmical
From un- + rhythmical.
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